When did the Senate Committee on Government Operations say 'Americans expect more integrity and energy of the men and women in government than the public thinks elected and career officials are now delivering'?
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Who says that 'in recent years... the filibuster has been vilified as a primary threat to the ability of the american government to function'?
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Who uses the term filibuster to refer to any set of actions taken by a Senator or group of Senators to 'intentionally delay or prevent any measure, nomination or procedural activity from taking place'?
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Who likens the majority party in the legislative chamber to a coalition government in a parliamentary regime... it takes work to hold the disparate elements of such a coalition together'?
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In which committee was civil rights legislation blocked up by a conservative coalition?
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Who says that the House has long been the more highly structured and rules-driven of the two-chambers?
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Who argues that the House, despite variations in party, committee, seniority and other structures is foremost an institution governed by majority rule?
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Who says that 'no one on the floor can be expected to "internalise the externalities" of the majority' as it is in no one's interests to act on behalf of the floor because everyone has partisan and personal interests to protect?
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Which speaker played a more active role in committee activities than any other Speaker in over eighty years?
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Who asserts that an opposition leader 'would be hard put to it to find anyone with a claim to national party leadership superior to his own' in a divided government?
